Lancashire Fire and Rescue Service

Lancashire Fire and Rescue Service
Operational area
Country	United Kingdom
Country	England
County	Lancashire
Agency overview^[1]
Employees	+1,500
Chief Fire Officer	Chris Kenny
Facilities and equipment
Stations	39
Website
Official website

The Lancashire Fire and Rescue Service is the county-wide, statutory emergency fire and rescue service for the Shire county of Lancashire, England and also includes the unitary authorities of Blackpool and Blackburn with Darwen.

Lancashire Fire & Rescue Service is made up of 6 Area Commands as follows: Northern, Southern, Eastern, Western, Central and Pennine. Within these areas there are 18 wholetime, 17 retained and 4 day crewed stations providing Lancashire with 24hr fire cover.

A fire engine of the Lancashire Fire and Rescue Service in Preston

Fire Stations/Appliances

Northern Command

Station Callsign	Station Name	Duty System	Appliances
L11	Lancaster	Wholetime	2x WrL, 1x CSU*, 1x MPV
L12	Morecambe	Day Crewing PLus/Retained*	2x WrL, 1x ALP, 1x IRU*
L13	Bolton-Le-Sands	Retained	1x WrL
L14	Carnforth	Retained	1x WrL
L15	Silverdale	Retained	1x WrL
L16	Hornby	Retained	1x WrL
L18	Garstang	Retained	1x WrL
L32	Fleetwood	Wholetime/Retained	2x WrL
L33	Preesall	Retained	1x WrL

Western Command

Station Callsign	Station Name	Duty System	Appliances
L30	Blackpool	Wholetime	2x WrL, 1x ALP, 1x MPV
L31	Bispham	Day Crewing Plus	1x WrL
L34	Wesham	Retained	1x WrL
L35	Lytham	Retained	1x WrL
L36	St. Annes	Day Crewing Plus/Retained	2x WrL
L37	South Shore	Wholetime	1x WrL, 1x PM+EPU*

Central Command

Station Callsign	Station Name	Duty System	Appliances
L50	Preston	Wholetime	2x WrL, 1x ALP, 1x PM+MISU, 1x PM+BASU
L52	Fulwood	Day Crewed	1x WrL, 1x CSU*
L53	Bamber Bridge	Day Crewing Plus/Retained	2x WrL
L55	Leyland	Day Crewed	1x WrL
L57	Penwortham	Day Crewing Plus	1x WrL, 1x MPV+IRB*

Southern Command

Station Callsign	Station Name	Duty System	Appliances
L51	Ormskirk	Day Crewed/Retained	2x WrL
L54	Chorley	Day Crewing Plus/Retained	2x WrL, 1x L4V, 1x PM+BFU* 1x PM+HVP, 1x PM+HVHL
L99	USAR	Wholetime	2x LiRU, 3x PM+5x Pods, 1x SDU
L56	Skelmersdale	Day Crewing Plus/Retained	2x WrL, 1x PCV
L58	Tarleton	Retained	1x WrL

Eastern Command

Station Callsign	Station Name	Duty System	Appliances
L59	Longridge	Retained	1x WrL
L70	Hyndburn	Wholetime/Retained	2x WrL, 1x ALP
L71	Blackburn	Wholetime	2x WrL, 1x CSU*
L72	Great Harwood	Retained	1x WrL
L76	Darwen	Day Crewing Plus/Retained	2x WrL, 1x L4V, 1x FlbdV+StV*
L91	Clitheroe	Retained	2x WrL

Pennine Command

Station Callsign	Station Name	Duty System	Appliances
L73	Bacup	Day Crewed/Retained	2x WrL
L74	Rawtenstall	Day Crewing Plus/Retained	2x WrL
L75	Haslingden	Retained	1x WrL
L90	Burnley	Wholetime	2x WrL, 1x PM+BASU, 1x PM+EPU, 1x PM+HVP, 1x PM+HVHL, 1x IRU*
L92	Padiham	Retained	1x WrL
L93	Barnoldswick	Retained	1x WrL
L94	Nelson	Day Crewing Plus/Retained	2x WrL
L95	Earby	Retained	1x WrL
L96	Colne	Retained	2x WrL

Fire Appliance Glossary/Callsigns

Water Rescue Ladder (WrL): P1/P2
Light 4x4 Vehicle (L4V): M1
Aerial Ladder Platform (ALP): A2
Multi Purpose Vehicle (MPV): M1
Multi Purpose Vehicle + Inshore Rescue Boat (MPV+IrbT): T2
Flatbed Vehicle + Softrack Vehicle (FlbdV+StV): T1
Command Support Unit (CSU): C1
Prime Mover + Environmental Protection Unit (PM+EPU): T9
Prime Mover + Breathing Apparatus Support Unit (PM+BASU): T2
Prime Mover + Bulk Foam Unit (PM+BFU): T1/T2
Prime Mover + Major Incident Support Unit (PM+MISU): T1
Prime Mover + High Volume Pumping (PM+HVP): T8
Prime Mover + High Volume Hose Layer (PM+HVHL): T9

CBRN Response:

Incident Response Unit (IRU): H9

Urban Search and Rescue (USAR):

Line Rescue Unit (LiRU): R1/R2
Search & Rescue Dog Unit (SDU): R9
Prime Movers (PM): T6/T7/T8

Pods:

Module 1 - Technical Search Equipment
Module 2 - Heavy Transport, Confined Space & Hot Cutting
Module 3 - Breaching & Breaking Equipment
Module 4 - Multi Purpose Vehicle
Module 5 - Shoring Operations

References

↑ http://www.lancsfirerescue.org.uk/lfrs/home/default.php

External links

Official Website

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